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Vocabulary List #10
SAT Vocabulary #10
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10th Grade
05/28/2015
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accost (v.)
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to confront verbally
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accretion (n.)
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slow growth in size or amount
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arboreal (adj.)
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of or relating to trees
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commensurate (adj.)
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corresponding in size or amount
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confluence (n.)
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a gathering together
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deleterious (adj.)
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harmful
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demagogue (n.)
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a leader who appeals to a people's prejudices
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denigrate (v.)
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to belittle, diminish the opinion of
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dilatory (adj.)
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tending to delay, causing delay
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dour (adj.)
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stern, joyless
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effrontery (n.)
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impudence, nerve, insolence
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enfranchised (v.)
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to grant the vote to
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impecunious (adj.)
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poor
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modicum (n.)
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a small amount of something
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nuances (n.)
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a slight variation in meaning, tone, expression
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parsimony (n.)
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frugality, stinginess
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pellucid (adj.)
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easily intelligible, clear
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pulchritude (n.)
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physical beauty
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remiss (adj.)
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negligent, failing to take care
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solipsistic (adj.)
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believing that oneself is all that exists
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staid (adj.)
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sedate, serious, self-restrained
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tangential (adj.)
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incidental, peripheral, divergent
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temperance (n.)
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moderation in action or thought
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variegated (v.)
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diversified, distinctly remarked
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wane (v.)
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to decrease in size, dwindle
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